When the Duke Returns Audiobook

" this has to be one of my favorite historical romances ever! i have reread this book a dozen times and it still pulls me in everytime! "

" I love these people!!! "

" I've read at least one other of these Desperate Duchesses books. I'd rather read series in order, even when it doesn't make a lot of difference, but as I don't care to actually own these books, I don't want to pay a lot for them. So I've stuck myself with getting them at either the library or used book stores. But Some of them I just can't find. So here we are. I get that they're doing a running thing with Jemma through them all, but reading them out of order's gonna make that irritating. But those party felt so disjointed from the rest of the story. Isidore and Gemma weren't together very often, so it felt weird. I had a hard time understanding the deal between Isidore and Cosway. His issues seemed incredibly stupid and they were both reluctant to talk about their issues in a way that seems extreme, even for the time period. For instance, they want a code word that he can say when it's life-threateningly important that she follow his orders? Um, why can't you just say, "This is life-threateningly important!"? Their whole story was kinda annoying. But the novelty of them both being virgins and just figuring out each other's bodies was a nice change from most of these stories. "

" I used to read (and enjoy) a lot of historical romance, but I think it may be entirely possible (considering how prolific this author is) that I have read too much urban fantasy and paranormal romance because overall, this story seems like it should have been interesting, however, I just could not get into it. I read it to the "bitter" end, which of course was a very simplistic HEA, but it was not my cup of tea. I didn't really like any of the characters. I thought they were all silly, their POV and concerns were so...uninteresting. And again, this may be because all the books I've read in the past 4 months...someone's LIFE has been at stake, not just someone worrying about being heard or liked or respected. Sigh. The whole "restraint" of the hero was not appealing to me and his final "unleashing" was entirely too tame for me. "

" I enjoyed this fast paced story of the reluctant Duke and his faithfull perky and lovely proxy Duchess. "

" James creates one of her best heroes in this book, and she offers more tantalizing glimpses of the Jemma-Elijah relationship. Meanwhile, Villiers just gets more and more intriguing. I loved this one! "

" Good central premise - if you're proxy married as children and haven't seen one another since, how does a couple go about getting to know one another, if they even want to at all - and nice ending. However, Isidore and Simeon's story felt more like a stop-gap measure to allow Jemma and Elijah's relationship more time to repair itself. "

" Typical bodice-ripper on loan from the library.. "

" I suppose every romance novel has to have a harridan mother (-in-law) and an epilogue filled with babies for it to be a proper romance novel. Unfortunately. "

" Again, it's Eloisa James. Her womam are always strong. "

" Love Eloise's books. I think it is funny that some people are soooo full of themselves.... "

" Things are not looking good for Jemma though . . . "

" Love, love, love this book!!! "

" Hard to say if I liked this one or the last one in the series best. Have this one on Audible and will listen to it often (for a while), but I find the voice for Isidore somewhat annoying. "

" Not the best one in this series, but not the worst, either. I did enjoy both of these characters, however, and the storyline was fun. "

" I felt like the characters in this book were both a little wimpy, but otherwise I enjoyed it. "

" The only romance novel I have ever read in which the hero is a virgin. "